surrender

Recently my pastor, Dr. Richard Hunter, posted a piece on feeling inadequate.
I wanted to add something to this.  Richard, if we were adequate, we would have no need of God.
Lord, I need thee EVERY HOUR.  Not just when I acknowledge my overwhelmed-ness, but every hour.  Not just when I feel like I can’t do this [...]

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turn on the light

Are you walking into a dark room?
Turn the light on!
And if you don’t turn it on, don’t ask for sympathy when you stub a toe on the chair leg.
Are you at a dark campsite?
Turn the flashlight on!
And if you don’t turn it on, don’t cry for sympathy after you fall in a hole.
 
Do you have [...]

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good elves in Dallas

God knows what he is doing.  I have a good story from this weekend in my head, and until it gets committed to paper (or pixels) it will continue to percolate at the front of my mind.  God knows this about me and He knows that I needed to keep those highlights from the weekend [...]

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sunday roast is in the oven

Acts 16: 22 – 26
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell [...]

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ginny’s first day of “school”

Just a few short pics of Ginny on her first day at the ELP (Early Learning Program) at our church.
This is a two day-a-week, just 4 hours a day program that will allow Ginny to interact with other kids more, and get to play with toys that we don’t have around the house.  She will [...]

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three steps forward

I don’t have photos of it, cause I was too busy watching it happen, but
Ginny took three unsupported steps on Saturday.
She stood up in the middle of her nursery, balanced, then took three slow, controlled, steps toward her toy cabinet. Then she stopped,  stood still for a moment, and sat down.  I was very surprised [...]

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what to say

Missy has asked for people to help her know what to say to an infertile couple.
This is hard.  I was one.  I was once one of those walking bundles of pain and anguish who wants to hold a child so badly that it colors everything.
I have friends who say that “the infertile woman inside your [...]

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jesus saves, over and over again

I can’t really tell you the scripture this comes from, but I am convinced that Jesus doesn’t just save sinners.
He saves me, every day, every moment.  Each time I turn to Him when I feel small, or petty, or discouraged, or angry.  He saves me from that and sends me in another direction.
Right now I’m [...]

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renewing the gratitude list

months ago I was posting a list of ten things to be grateful for every week.
Sometimes it was simple stuff, like oatmeal cookies.
Sometimes I tried to be profound.
I got lazy after a while and stopped posting those lists.
Well today, in the face of my husband losing his job to the concept of  “reductions in force”  [...]

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surviving the summer heat

As you love your children, please go read this post. Now.
thank you Missy for having the courage to share this with the rest of us.

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